Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices