Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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