Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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