Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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