Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course