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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices