Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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