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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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