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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Book