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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research