Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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