Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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