Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education