Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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