Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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