Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)