Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education