Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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