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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Best Practices