Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education