Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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