Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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