Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources