Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education