Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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