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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources