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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Books