Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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