Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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