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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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