Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education