Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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