Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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