Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education