Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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