Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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