Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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