Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Educational