Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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