Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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