Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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