Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Online Learning