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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books