Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)