Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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