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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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