Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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