Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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