Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Book