Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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