Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs List