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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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