Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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