Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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