Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources