Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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