Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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