Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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