Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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