Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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