Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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