Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Book