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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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