Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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