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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology