Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massive Open Online Course