Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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