Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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