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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Educational Courses