Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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