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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Educational Moocs