Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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