Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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