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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Moocs