Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs List