Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs