Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Free