Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources