Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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