Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition