Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Moocs