Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology