Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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