Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course