Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Online Learning