Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education