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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses