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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education