Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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