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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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