Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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