Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education MOOCs