Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources