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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning