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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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