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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)