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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Video