Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education