Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy