Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Books