Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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