Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important 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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