Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course University