Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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