Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-Learning