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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Education Moocs