Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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