Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC 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 organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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