Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology