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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning