Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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