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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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