Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational MOOCs