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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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