Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)