Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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