Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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