Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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