Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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