Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs For Credit