Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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