Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education