Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education MOOCs