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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology