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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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