Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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