Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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