Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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