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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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