Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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