Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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