Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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