Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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