Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning