Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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