Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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