Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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