Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course University