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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Book