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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses MOOCs