Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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