Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Massively Open Online Courses