Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)