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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. 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 massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education Books