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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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