Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach 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 University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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