Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses