Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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