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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online 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 many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers 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 MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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