Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources