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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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