Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Learning Theory (education)