Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Book