Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For College Credit