Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education