Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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