Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education MOOCs