Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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