Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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