Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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