Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massive Open Online Course