Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources