Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education