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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources