Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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