Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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