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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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