Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not 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 several issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning