Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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