Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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