Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs