Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books