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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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