Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education