Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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