Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology