Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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