Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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