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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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