Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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