Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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