Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course