Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Courses