Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)