Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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