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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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