Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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