Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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