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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Educational Courses