Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources