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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning Mooc