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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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