Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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