Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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