Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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