Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)