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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major 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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