Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Educational