Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Higher Education