Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. It can be challenging to incentivize students in online environments. The open education resources (OERs) movement was the inspiration for the first massive open online courses. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is an expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

New historical trends in learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Students and would like to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about these MOOCs and other kinds of open education persist. This new MOOCs book examines pragmatic strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. For more details please see this MOOCs Book website.