Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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