Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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