Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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