Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Book