Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massive Open Online Course