Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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