Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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