Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Video