Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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