Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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