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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources