Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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