Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices