Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Books