Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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