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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices