Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education