Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important 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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