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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured 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 business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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