Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning