Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)