Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)