Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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