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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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