Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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