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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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