Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education