Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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