Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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