Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Education