Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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