Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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