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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources