Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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