Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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