Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses