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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Books About MOOC