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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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