Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning