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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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