Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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