Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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