Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Free