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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)