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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education