Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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