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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education