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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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