Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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