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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online 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 Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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