Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Books About Open Education