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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key 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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