Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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