Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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