Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Book