Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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