Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)