Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education