Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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