Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators 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 business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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