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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For Credit