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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals