Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources