Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently 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 many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Book