Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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