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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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