Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources