Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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