Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key 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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