Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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