Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology