Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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