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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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