Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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