Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education