Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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