Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses