Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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