Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning