Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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