Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses