Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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