Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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