Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)