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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology