Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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