Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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