Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses MOOCs