Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education