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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning Theory