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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources