Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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