Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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