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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) Program