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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure 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 models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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