Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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