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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Higher Education