Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education