Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Book