Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)