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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)