Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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