Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Open Education