Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Electronic Educational Technology