Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources