Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books