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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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