Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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