Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Courses