Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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