Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Books