Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy