Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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