Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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