Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Books