Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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