Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors 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 organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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