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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources