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 issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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