Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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