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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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