Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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