Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses