Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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