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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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