Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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