Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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