Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course