Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part 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. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs