Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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