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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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