Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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