Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education