Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)