Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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