Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers 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 different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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