Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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