Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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