Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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