Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course