Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education