Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Education Moocs