Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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