Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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