Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Books