Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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