Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education MOOCs