Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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