Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Book