Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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