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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources