Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever 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 quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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