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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Massively Open Online Courses