Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course