Find out more about this impressive 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 (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Books