Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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