Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Educational Moocs