Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Online Courses