Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology