Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators 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 California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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