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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research