Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About MOOC