Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy