Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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