Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education