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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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