Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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