Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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