Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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