Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology