Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources