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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Best Practices