Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping 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.

Massive Open Online Courses