Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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