Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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