Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education