Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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