Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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