Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)