Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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