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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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