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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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