Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major 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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