Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Electronic Educational Technology