Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Program