Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs