Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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