Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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