Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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