Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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