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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)