Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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