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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals