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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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