Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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