Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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