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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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