Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research