Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)