Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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