Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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