Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Educational Moocs