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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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