Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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