Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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