Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed 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 institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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