Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning