Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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