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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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