Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Book