Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning