Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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