Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massive Open Online Course