Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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