Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Education