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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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