Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education