Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About MOOCs