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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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