Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Book