Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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