Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Book