Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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