Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses