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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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