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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Books About Open Education