Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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