Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)