Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources