Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education