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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About MOOC