Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources