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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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