Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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