Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research