Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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