Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs