Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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