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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Courses