Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Books About MOOC