Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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