Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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