Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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