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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For Credit