Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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