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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning