Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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