Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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