Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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