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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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