Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee 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 business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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