Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Book