Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education Moocs