Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education