Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)