Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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