Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Instructional Design