Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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