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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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