Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key 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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