Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs