Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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