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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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