Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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