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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education Software