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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs