Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Free Online Courses