Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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