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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs