Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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