Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Courses For Credit