Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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