Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key 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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