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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)