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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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