Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)