Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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