Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Courses For Credit