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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Instructional Design