Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key 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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