Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning