Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education