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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education