Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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