Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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