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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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