Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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