Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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