Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies 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 stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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