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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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