Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning