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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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