Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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