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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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