Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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