Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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