Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Book