Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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