Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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