Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning Book