Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)