Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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