Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources