Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)