Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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