Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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