Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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