Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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