Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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