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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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