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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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