Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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